Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9406647 | Behavioural Brain Research | 2005 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Transient and sustained (frequency-following response) components of the brainstem response were evaluated. The primary pathway afferent volley - neural events occurring earlier than 11Â ms after stimulus onset - did not demonstrate plasticity. However, quiet-to-noise inter-response correlations of the sustained response (â¼11-50Â ms) increased significantly in the trained children, reflecting improved stimulus encoding precision, whereas control subjects did not exhibit this change. Thus, auditory training can alter the preconscious neural encoding of complex sounds by improving neural synchrony in the auditory brainstem. Additionally, several measures of brainstem response timing were related to changes in cortical physiology, as well as perceptual, academic, and cognitive measures from pre- to post-training.
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Authors
Nicole M. Russo, Trent G. Nicol, Steven G. Zecker, Erin A. Hayes, Nina Kraus,